SOC101 Chapter 14: Chapter 14
29 Sep 2014
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The importance of education as critical to participation and productivity in economic life". A healthy literate labor force will both increase the amount of growth realized from establishing a sound investment climate and strongly re-inforce the poverty reduction benefit from that growth. ". These situations reveal much about education"s significance in the context of what is often called the knowledge or learning society. One is pressured by parents who feel the school"s poor academic and disciplinary standards are impeding the student"s ability to gain entry into a prestigious university. A recent immigrant speaks little english or french, while another has traumatic memories of war and violent conflict, which make it difficult to concentrate. Another, bored with school, is tempted by high-paying jobs in the resource sector. Two new arrivals find the school much larger and more regimented than elementary schools in nearby first nations and rural communities.
